Cindy – October 2020 Journal Entry #41

Last Friday Kati, Amanda and I organized a therapy session for Chirripo. It started at 8:45pm and lasted a whole hour. This was a space where the students participating could have an open space to discuss personal burdens either related to school or their life outside of it. An obstacle for us was to gather people and incite them to join us, we had to put a lot of patience of positive thoughts. Yet, a great IB skill that was highlighted along the session was how open minded we all were. Each member was really participative and we all shared in every activity that was proposed by Amanda, Kati and I. At the end, we all share ideas on how to deal with the respective issues and burdens shared by all members, creating a comfortable environment where they feel listened and safe. We are still planning on keeping these session therapies because we see the need of a space where students can talk freely and release some stress with people of their age that can somehow connect with their experiences.